There's an episode of Outlander that features both the neck snap and the choking to death. No added weight - just a cheap noose.

A little of column A, a little of column B…

That is probably where this season is headed.

Insult is not dissent.

“If he doesn’t like what people say on Twitter, he can get off.”

That was some of the best flying I've seen yet, right up to the part where you got killed.

You, sir/madam, are wonderful.

There are a lot of factors that go into a hanging. A hanging gone poorly results in choking, if I remember correctly. And how long has it been since South Park used those scaffolds?

Hey wait a minute - did South Park just make fun of ME?!

Let's see - finally started Ernest Cline's Ready Player One and I like it so far. Have to start on a loaned copy of Spade & Archer detective book. Desperately trying to work through The Organized Mind by Daniel Levitin, and Oliver Wendell Holmes' Professor at the Breakfast Table. That last one is really amusing - it's…

It's part of the reason I now regulate hanging out with my nerdy friends. I can only take so much back and forth of the same seven catchphrases before I hate everyone.

Czech and Slovakia?
Man, Rockapella really kept up on their current events!

He was a likable bastard in both of your examples. Less so in Top Gun , but that was because he had to get those hot shot pilots ready for the big time.

(This is going to wander because I haven't had my coffee yet.)

See, for some reason I thought they meant "Q" from Star Trek - because Q could legitimately be anyone - Clinton, Merkel, Batman, or mayonnaise!

Really good episode! Loved Williams and Capaldi's scenes together - they really had a strong dynamic. And for whatever reason, I loved the baby poetry. And the line about premonitions - is that because the Doctor would know Ashildir in the future?

Because for many (or many fans, at least), the Force was something to be equated with Faith. The way Yoda describes the Force have strong religious overtones - midichlorians basically changed "luminous beings" to "bio-luminescent beings" and made it about science, instead of belief. And as rare as it is, being…

Yep - it was a little sad because you could tell that the clappers sort of knew they shouldn't be clapping, but they couldn't just stop at two claps. So they clapped on.

She gets knocked over (or stunt speaking - she does a controlled fall to make it look like the monster knocked her over). But there is a cut back where they're tearing at her clothing. Not at her. So we're both right? I'm going to say we're both right.

Easily the late nights. Half-asleep is the only way to make it through that movie. I know because I mis-remembered how amazing it was and took it to a literature class where we were reading "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." Trust me, love evaporates in the harsh light of day.